Bottom of 9th, Royals 4, Red Sox 3: Relievers have been shutting the Sox down. Soria in to close it out if he can.

Bottom of 6th, Royals 4, Red Sox 3: Varitek doubles with two out, the deficit is cut in half.

Top of 6th, Royals 4, Red Sox 2: DeJesus doubles off the wall, Hermida lets in play him and a run scores.

Bottom of 5th, Royals 3, Red Sox 2: Hall homers.

Top of 5th, Royals 3, Red Sox 1: With his 8th walk, Dice-K is gone. Not a moment too soon. Allowed only 2 hits, but who cares?

Top of 5th, Royals 3, Red Sox 1: Wild pitch scores a run. Brutal.

Top of 5th, Royals 2, Red Sox 1: Joe West is right. This is pathetic and embarrassing. Guillen walks to force in the lead run. Seven walks, 1 HBP. It's a step backward for Dice-K.

Top of 5th, Red Sox 1, Royals 0: The umpires are the story. Drew's ball hits the ump, a DP ball turns into a single, and Beltre's single makes it 1-0.

Middle of 4th, Red Sox 0, Royals 0: Three on, no out, the Royals don't score. A couple of liners, but that's why they're the Royals.

Top of 4th, Red Sox 0, Royals 0: Billy Butler singles to left, KC's first hit on Matsuzaka's 55th pitch. No no-no tonight. He hits Jose Guillen, and the bases are full with no out.

End of 3rd, Red Sox 0, Royals 0: Varitek called out at first on a close play - would have been a rare infield hit. Should have been, too. The umpiring is absolutely atrocious this year. At least we're movin' right along - with Joe West in charge, 3 innings in 53 minutes.

End of 2nd, Red Sox 0, Royals 0: Wind is whipping at Fenway tonight, could play a factor. So is Joe (Sure, I'll talk) West, plate ump tonight. Matsuzaka has thrown up a couple of zeroes, a little wild in the first.